Archive for the ‘humor’ Category

awash in the miasma
of async blocks on dispatch_queues
bad data flyin’ like kids from pews
(when church lets out and they go free)
and to the console logging spews
apocalyptic, no good news
mood turning into plasma

Funny to have Dad’s dad talk about stepping on Legos and then recall this other event which I swear I don’t remember doing, but I would have been younger than 7 when this is purported to have happened:

Then there was the Sat morning when I heard massive giggles from the hall,
went out to see and slipped on the Crisco-greased floor one (or both) of you
had so much fun creating… 🙂

It is amazing I survived you kids!

Gladdens my heart to hear I (with help & encouragement from my nearest sister I’m sure) was keeping him on is toes* at such a young age… 😛

Geek was so much more well behaved than I, sadly. I have no recollection of him playing such pranks (though the empty milk carton put back into the fridge was pretty funny).

The Eye of the Kernel

Risin’ up, back with the 1337
Played with time, took my chances
Gamed the system, now I’m back on my feet
Just a geek and his will to survive

So many times, it happens too fast
You trade your “indie” for money
Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must code just to keep them alive

It’s the eye of the kernel, it’s the code that we write
Risin’ up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known debugger stalks its prey in the night
And it’s watchin’ us all with the eye of the kernel…

Face to screen, code to the beat
Hackin’ lean, hackin’ dirty
The stack is odd still we’re scripting our deeds
Making code as a way to survive

It’s the eye of the kernel, it’s the code that we write
Risin’ up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known debugger stalks its prey in the night
And it’s watchin’ us all with the eye of the kernel…

Risin’ up, straight to the top
Had the scripts, got the glory
Wrote the software, now I’m not gonna stop
Just a geek and his will to survive

It’s the eye of the kernel, it’s the code that we write
Risin’ up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known debugger stalks its prey in the night
And it’s watchin’ us all with the eye of the kernel…

Okay, just kidding, this is a picture I made with Bryce, a 3D modeling program which is currently free. This is the fictional engine room here at Geek & Dad corporate headquarters. Game engine room, that is. This is where we keep the game engines we’re experimenting with. Here you can see cocos2d-iphone, cocos2d-x, and Unity3D, which we’ve been considering for one of our projects.

Now Look at them yo-yo’s, that’s the way you do it
You play your keyboard ’til 2 or 3
That ain’t working, that’s the way you do it
Money for nothing and your clicks for free.

Now that ain’t working, that’s the way you do it
Let me tell you them guys ain’t dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb

We got to install microwave uplinks
Custom computer deliveries
We got to move these server racks
We got to move these big monitors

That Geek with the earring and the glasses
Yah buddy, that’s his own hair
That little Geek got his own jet airplane
That little Geek, he’s a millionaire

We got to install microwave uplinks
Custom computer deliveries
We got to move these server racks
We got to move these big monitors

We got to install microwave uplinks
Custom Internet deliveries
We got to move these multi-core servers
We got to move these giant screens

Look at that, look at that

I should have learned that Objective C
I should have learned that G D B
Look at that mother, two big monitors, all cores screaming
Man can we have some
And he’s up there, what’s that, Hawaiian phrases?
Banging on the keyboard like a chimpanzee
that ain’t coding, that’s streaming TV
Get your money for nothing get your clicks for free

We got to install microwave uplinks
Custom computer deliveries
We got to move these server racks
We got to move these giant screens

Listen here
Now that ain’t working, that’s the way you do it
You hack the commands into G D B
That ain’t working, that’s the way you do it
Money for nothing and your clicks for free
Money for nothing and clicks for free

Get your money for nothing, get your clicks for free
Money for nothing, clicks for free
Look at that, look at that
Get your money for nothing, get your clicks for free
(I want my, I want my, I want G D B)
Money for nothing and clicks for free
Easy, easy

Grandpa Boone in the outfit and gear he’s putting together for his upcoming minor role in a filmed 1778 battle re-enactment. He’s really getting into this – even letting his hair get longer than it’s ever been. It’s all a little too clean yet, but he goes out shooting pretty often (there’s a shooting competition at the event he’ll be attending, apparently), so if he wears the outfit while doing that I’m sure it’ll get more “used” looking! I think he’s connecting with our ancestor Daniel Boone after whom he’s named. We’ll see how he does in the shooting competition… then we’ll know if he’s really holding up the family reputation or not. ha! 😀